Two arrested in Raceland after standoff

Two Raceland fugitives were arrested Monday afternoon after a two-and-a-half hour standoff with police that ended without injuries, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Mike HillCity Editor

Two Raceland fugitives were arrested Monday afternoon after a two-and-a-half hour standoff with police that ended without injuries, the Sheriff’s Office said.Investigators said they learned Sareel Poindexter, 38, of 542 Ayo St., and Lisa Gregoire, 24, of 204 Sugar St., who each had multiple outstanding warrants for their arrests, were at Gregoire’s residence off Sugar Mill Road. Poindexter is known to violently resist arrest and was considered to be armed and dangerous.About 1:45 p.m., members of the Lafourche Parish Interagency Crisis Management Unit arrived, announced their presence and asked Poindexter to surrender, the Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators tried to speak with Poindexter, but he refused to communicate.The unit consists of highly trained personnel, including negotiators, from the Sheriff’s Office, and Thibodaux, Golden Meadow and Port Fourchon Harbor police. About 4:15 p.m., as deputies were preparing to release a K-9 unit inside the house, Poindexter and Gregoire surrendered without incident.Poindexter was booked into the Lafourche jail on warrants for theft of a firearm; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; distribution of crack cocaine; felony theft; second-degree battery; intimidating, impeding or injuring witnesses; simple assault; and contempt of court. His bond is $208,500.Gregoire was booked on warrants for criminal trespassing and disturbing the peace by engaging in a fight. Her bond was set at $2,750, and she is also being held as a fugitive from Terrebonne Parish.They will both additionally be charged with resisting an officer, the Sheriff’s Office said.Poindexter’s warrants for intimidating a witness, assault and battery stem from an August 2013 incident when he attacked a man in Raceland and later threatened to kill him if he did not drop the charges. The contempt warrant was issued in October 2013 after he failed to appear for previous charges. The felony theft charge stemmed from an incident in March when $1,000 was stolen from a Raceland man. On June 2, Poindexter allegedly stole a firearm from a Lockport man, and the drug charge stemmed from a narcotics investigation. His criminal history includes more than a dozen prior arrests in Lafourche Parish for aggravated burglary, aggravated assault, aggravated criminal damage to property, resisting an officer, weapon and drug charges, and several arrests for domestic abuse battery, the Sheriff’s Office said.